Chinese compound surname

A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these surnames derive from noble and official titles, professions, place names and other areas, to serve for a purpose. Some are originally non-Chinese, while others were created by joining two one-character family names. Only a few of these names survive in modern times. Many clans eventually took on a single-character surname for various reasons. A small minority of Koreans and Vietnamese also have compound surnames.

Compound surnames

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!Chinese characters!!Meaning/Origin!!Non-Han origin!!Mandarin
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|愛新覺羅 ||Gold||Manchurian||?ixīnjuéluó ||Oi3 San1 Gok3 Lo4||?i T?n Giác La||Ae Sin Gak Ra ||Emperors of Qing dynasty
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|阿史那||||Turkic?||?shǐnà||Aa3 Si2 Naa5||||A Sa Na ||Empress Ashina
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|百里|||Hundred ''''||||Bǎilǐ||Baak3 Lei5||Bách L?||Baek Ri || Baili Xi
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|孛兒只斤 |||||Mongol||Bó'érzhījīn ||But6 Ji4 Zi2 Gan1||B?t Nhi Ch? C?n||Pae A Ji Geun || Genghis Khan
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|淳于||A small contry in Chunqiu||||Chúnyú||Seon4 Jyu1||Thu?n Vu||Sun U ||Chunyu Qiong
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|澹臺 ||||||Tántái||Taam4 Toi4||?àm Thái||Dam Dae ||Tantai Mieming
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|第二||Second||||Dì'èr||Dai6 Ji6||?? Nh?||Je I ||
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|第五||Fifth||||Dìwǔ||Dai6 Ng5||?? Ng?||Je O ||Diwu Qi
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|東方 ||"East", descendants of Fuxi clan according to legend||||Dōngfāng||Dung1 Fong1||??ng Ph??ng||Dong Bang ||Dongfang Shuo
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|東閣 ||"Eastern Pavilion"||||Dōnggé||Dung1 Gok3||??ng Các||Dong Gak ||
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|東郭 ||"Eastern Wall"||||Dōngguō||Dung1 Gwok3||||Dong Gwak ||Mr Dongguo
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|東門 ||"East Gate", place of residence, from Zhou dynasty||||Dōngmén||Dung1 Mun4||??ng M?n ||Dong Mun ||
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|端木||||||Duānmù||Dyun1 Muk6||?oan M?c||Dan Mok ||Duanmu Ci
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|獨孤 ||||Xianbei||Dúgū||Duk6 Gu1||??c C?||Dok Go ||Empress Dugu Qieluo
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|公孫 ||"Dukes' descendants", an address of the noble descendants in the Spring and Autumn period||||||Gung1 Syun1||C?ng T?n||Gong Son ||Gongsun Zan Gongsun Long
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|公羊||A branch of Gongsun||||Gōngyáng||Gung1 Joeng4||C?ng D??ng||Gong Yang ||Gongyang Gao
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|公冶||A branch of , from courtesy name of Jiye of Lu in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty||||Gōngyě||Gung1 Je5||C?ng D?||Gong Ya ||Gongye Chang
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|公西||||||Gōngxī||Gung1 Sai1||C?ng T?y||Gong Seo ||
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|毌丘||A place name||||Guànqiū||Kwun3 Jau1||||Gwan Gu ||Guanqiu Jian
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|穀梁 or 穀粱 ||Sorghum grains ||||Gǔliáng||Guk1 Loeng4||C?c L??ng||Gok Ryang ||
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|賀蘭 ||||Xianbei||Hèlán||Ho6 Laan4||H? Lan||Ha Ran (??||Princess Dowager Helan
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|赫連 ||||Xiongnu ||Hèlián||Haak1 Lin4||Hách Liên||Hyeok Ryeon ||Helian Bobo
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|賀若 ||||Xianbei ||Hèruò||Ho6 Joek6||H? Nh??c||Ha Yak ||Heruo Bi
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|皇甫||A branch of , from 皇父, the courtesy name of Ji Chongshi of the Duchy of Song in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty||||Huángfǔ||Wong4 Pou2||Hoàng Ph?||Hwang Bo ||Huangfu Song
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|呼延||||Xianbei ||Hūyán||Fu1 Jin4||H? Diên||Ho Yeon ||
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|令狐||A place name||||||Ling6 Wu4||L?nh H?||Ryeong Ho ||Linghu Tao
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|甪里||A place name||||Lùlǐ||||||Rok Ri |||
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|閭丘 ||A place name||||Lǘqiū||Leoi4 Jau1||||Ryeo Gu|||Luqiu Luwei
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|万俟||||Xianbei ||Mòqí||||||Muk Gi ||Moqi Chounu
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|慕容||||Xianbei ||||Mou6 Jung4||M? Dung||Mo Yong ||Murong Huang
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